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V. A. S. Notes: 1. Pronounced 'T'ug', a hard cerebral _t_, with some aspiration. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS [Transcriber's note: These have been incorporated into the e-text. The note numbers below correspond to the original text, not to the renumbered notes of the e-text.] When the printing of the book was almost completed, the following additions and corrections were kindly communicated by Mr. J. S. Cotton, editor of _I. G._, 1907, 1908. Page 14, text, line 13. For 'leader', read 'barber'. Page 57, note 4, line 2. After 'Baitul', insert 'Mandla'. Page 115, text, line 27. 'G----' appears to have been Robert Gregory, C.B. Page 115, note 2. Add, 'In 1911, Michael Filose of Gwalior was appointed K.C.I.E.' Page 124, note 3. After '1860', insert 'and constitutes the District called Panch Mahals in the Northern Division of the Bombay Presidency. The vernacular word _panch_, like the Persian _panj_, means 'five'. Page 124, note 3. Add at end, 'and is still used by Maratha nobles.' Page 146, note 3. For 'may be' read 'is'. _Dele_. 'The name is common.' Page 241, note 1, line 2. _Dele_ 'in the Nizam's territories '. Page 262, note 2. The author may possibly have referred to Agra and Gwalior, rather than to Lucknow and Udaipur. Page 338, note 2. For the clause 'From 1765 . . . English', substitute, 'From 1765 to 1771 he was the dependant of the English at Allahabad. From 1771 to 1803 he was usually under the control of Maratha chiefs, and from the time of Lord Lake's entry into Delhi, in 1803, he became simply a pensioner of the British Government. His successors occupied the same position.' Page 452, line 17. 'Southern' is in original edition, but 'Western' would be more accurate. Page 453, line 18. For 'its' read 'his own'. Page 459. 'The story of the murder of Fraser is told very differently in Bosworth-Smith's _Life of Lord Lawrence_, where all the detective credit is given to Lord L., apparently on his own authority. See also an article in the _Quarterly Review_ for April 1883, by Sir H. Yule, and another in _Blackwoods Magazine_ for January 1878.' Page 555, note, line 1. For 'Supreme' read Superior'. Page 581, note, line 18. For 'James Watts', read 'William Watts'. Page 584, note 2. For 'vexare' read 'vexari'. Page 595, note 2. 'The best account of Begum Sumroo is to be found in _A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindustan_, 1804-14, by A. D. = Ann Deane (1823). Walter Scott
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